I called the Washington dept of Fish and Wildlife, who said they would
coordinate with US Fish and Wildlife and look into this. The nest should
not have been removed without a permit from US F&W. Of course, the tower
owner might have a permit and we don't know about it.

I'll let you know if I hear anything else from them.

Rick Tyler

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Robert C. Faucett <rfaucett at uw.edu> wrote:

> Uh . . . That's a felony.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Apr 6, 2016, at 14:07, Christine Southwick <clsouth at u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > It's not legal to remove a migratory bird's nest.
> >
> > I've often wondered why cell towers couldn't put a platform above part
> of the tower for osprey usage?
> >
> >
> > Christine Southwick
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> >> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Snell Margaret wrote:
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> >> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:01:08 -0700
> >> From: Snell Margaret <masnell at comcast.net>
> >> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> >> Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey Nest Gone at 405 and 116th
> >> I passed by where the osprey had returned to the cell tower at I-405
> and 116th St. in Kirkland about 2 pm today. A person was on top of the
> cell tower and whatever portion of a nest had been built had been removed.
> So I think the osprey is being encouraged to find a new home. Margaret
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